
ProverbWisdom
English origin
Lose an hour in the morning, and you'll be all day hunting for it.
Meaning: Squandering time at day's start creates cascading delays throughout, making recovery impossible.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
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